All posts tagged "Ireland"
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoRampant Kiwis put Ireland under pump
GROUP B ROUND-UP NEWZealand secured top seed at the end of the pool stages by piling more misery on Ireland on...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoMitchell cashes in the bonus to bank a perfect ten for England
ROUND 2 ROUND-UP Held: Max Malins looks to break against Wales ENGLAND U20s maintained their perfect ten from ten start last...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoPhase two can begin now they’ve all had game time
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just a week in and already it’s a disaster, or that is...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years ago‘If people can’t put it behind them they never will’ says Umaga on 2005 BOD spear tackle
Twelve years on from the spear tackle which ended Brian O’Driscoll’s Lions tour to New Zealand, Blues head coach Tana Umaga...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSchmidt calls up Reidy for Irish tour
ULSTER flanker Sean Reidy has been drafted into Ireland’s squad for the USA and Japan tour after Tommy O’Donnell pulled out...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoEngland prepared for Welsh backlash
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND U20s eased into their World Cup defence against Samoa but fly-half Max Malins is expecting to be...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoCioffi breaks Irish hearts
A LATE converted try from Massimo Cioffi helped Italy cause the upset of the Junior World Cup’s opening round on Wednesday...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoGardener Sam makes Lions look weedy in tour opener
From NICK CAIN at Toll Stadium, Whangarei Pick of the pack: Taulupe Faletau charges forward FIRED-UP country boys, home town referees,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoFaletau’s the clear pick of a sub-standard side
Physical: Alun-Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images NICK CAIN’S LIONS RATINGS 1. JOE MARLER Did not seize the initiative in the scrum...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoHansen feels the strain of building a legacy
The pressure is starting to build on Steve Hansen. Ironically, the tell-tale sign is how often the words “pressure” and “responsibility”...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoHow come the back row didn’t suffer jet-lag?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT Will and commitment: Ross Moriarty THE post-match interviews from Warren Gatland and his players were just...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: My Lions dream knocked out by a real McCoy from Jimmy
Twenty-eight years ago I was playing in a Five Nations tournament that was, in effect, a selection trial for the 1989...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWarburton fit to lead Lions in tour opener
Sam Warburton has recovered from his knee injury and will captain the British and Irish Lions in their opening match against...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMunster are buried in a magnificent blizzard of fabulous tries
From PETER JACKSON at the Aviva Stadium THE scintillating Scarlets turned a leaden Dublin sky into more than 40 shades of...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMy Lions dream knocked out by a real McCoy from Jimmy
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Twenty-eight years ago I was playing in a Five Nations tournament that...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGreenwood: Owen is key man, not Sexton
Opinion: Will Greenwood PERMUTATIONS for the Lions back line are pretty extensive but Owen Farrell must be given a jersey regardless...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSchmidt brings in new faces
NEWS EXTRA JOE Schmidt has included eight uncapped players in his Ireland squad for the three-Test tour of the USA and...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCounties’ June tours set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago2018 and 2019 Six Nations fixtures announced
The fixtures for both the 2018 and 2019 Six Nations Championships have been announced. Rugby‘s Greatest Championship will take place over...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will need big guns firing – Franks
Double World Cup-winning Kiwi prop Ben Franks reckons the array of “world-class” talent within the Lions ranks, led by the indomitable...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will need big guns firing – Franks
By NEALE HARVEY DOUBLE World Cupwinning Kiwi prop Ben Franks reckons the array of “worldclass” talent within the Lions ranks, led...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWallabies will be force again come 2019 warns Smith
Robust: Michael Cheika By NEALE HARVEY WRITING off Australia’s World Cup chances on the back of an abysmal Super Rugby campaign...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTough pool perfect for knockout preparation says Eddie
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has given his players two years to become ‘bullet-proof like James Bond’ after his side were pitched...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoEnglish lads ahead of ‘project players’
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk MIKE Brown and James...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEngland in World Cup Pool of Death again
England will be in the Pool of Death at the 2019 World Cup in Japan after being drawn with France and...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSouth African minister lifts ban on SARU’s bid for 2023 World Cup
The SARU have been given the green light to resume their bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup a newly-appointed...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDeparting heroes sign off in style from Ulster
Ulster 17pts Tries: Wilson 9, Trimble 55 Conversions: Jackson 10, 56 Penalties: Jackson 41 Leinster 13pts Tries: Penalty try 62 Conversions:...
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National Leagues
/ 9 years agoMcKinley’s spirit forces IRFU to take the goggles off at last
PLAYERwelfare are the two most overworked words in the rugby lexicon, spouted parrotfashion by those whose organisations make increasing demands. But...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTe’o warns Farrell: I’m aiming to be a starter
By NEALE HARVEY Rival: Robbie Henshaw Learning fast: Ben Te’o PICTURE: Getty Images BEN TE’O has warned fellow British & Lions...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoMcGeechan: Lions have quality to win
No one speaks with more authority and knowledge about the British & Irish Lions than Sir Ian McGeechan, who was head...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Mallinder must make sure he is not this year’s Devoto
Eddie Jones has gone left field by announcing a next-generation squad to tour Argentina. In many ways what Jones is doing...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCarter set to face England for last time
By PETER JACKSON Home play-off here we come: Sam Hill, right, celebrates Chiefs’ fourth try in their defeat of Northampton PICTURE:...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLiving legends ensure Cambridge will thrive
THE club with more Lions than any, Cambridge University RUFC, held their ‘Red Lion Legends’ dinner on Wednesday. In the process...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLucs are clawed as Tigers scramble to safety
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 23 Sheffield T 36 TIGERS secured their league status for next season with an excellent all-round performance....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions have the talent, do they have the time?
It was always going to be a very competitive 2017 Lions squad, and I like the look of the 41 players...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoThese All Blacks aren’t invincibles that they are cracked up to be
Nick Cain says Lions coach Warren Gatland is the man to convince his squad Kiwis are beatable Nick Cain By the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHowley backs power and pace of Lions
By NICK VERDIER All Black conquerer: Ireland centre Jared Payne ROB Howley will soon have to make his mind up about...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLions have the talent, do they have the time?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Head start at No.6: Ireland blindside CJ Stander It was always going to be...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoFarrell: Lions must impose own game on New Zealand
Winner: Andy Farrell ANDY Farrell was the main instigator of two of New Zealand’s most famous defeats in recent years and...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoThis can be when North becomes a true great
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIreland have shown us how to win, says Spencer
By GUY WILLIAMS THE Lions are more than capable of achieving a massive upset against the All Blacks this summer if...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoSorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHartley in starting XV for prolific non-Lion Test stars
Dylan Hartley DYLAN Hartley’s fate has prompted his late inclusion into a team he would rather not be part of, the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago‘Creative’ Lions can expose All Blacks
ALL Blacks legend Sean Fitzpatrick reckons Warren Gatland has picked a high class British and Irish Lions squad for the tour...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoFletcher’s unbeaten boys put Scotland to sword
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND finished the U18s International Series unbeaten after they secured a seventry 45-24 victory over Scotland last Sunday....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoMunster v Saracens: Pedigree is there for a classic Euro showdown
It’s 18 years since Saracens first met Munster in Europe in a double header that still ranks alongside any clash in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSam Warburton “humbled and proud” to be Lions captain again
Sam Warburton has been confirmed as the British & Irish Lions captain for the second Tour in a row. Warburton will...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOFFICIAL: British and Irish Lions squad announced
The British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer has been announced today. For the second successive tour, head...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Dylan must hope Lions history isn’t repeated
The Lions leave the England captain at home, pick his Irish counterpart instead for the series in New Zealand and end...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: back rows
New Zealand have been kings of the contest for the ball in the loose for as long as anyone can remember,...
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